An ice field (also called an icefield) is a flat land area covered by ice, usually formed by long periods of snow. This page is about the form of precipitation. ...
Although the Juneau Icefield is at least 3,000 years old, the ice itself remains relatively young because it is perpetually renewed through snowfall at upper elevations as it flows downhill in its glaciers.
The Juneau Icefield is a massive accumulation of ice and snow stretching from upper Taku Inlet north to Skagway.
Scientists estimate the icefield'ssnow and ice depth to be from 800 to over 4,500 feet (245 to 1371 meters).
The Columbia Icefield is a mass of ice covering a high plateau between Mount Columbia (3747 m), the highest point in Alberta, and Mount Athabasca (3491 m), located between Banff and Jasper national parks, along the BC-Alberta border.
The icefield is a spectacular sight of undulating white, soaring rock peaks and deep ice caverns.
It can be reached from the Icefields Parkway, a scenic road connecting LAKE LOUISE and JASPER, and can be climbed by experienced mountaineers to its crest, called the Snow Dome (3520 m), from which point its waters are said to melt into 3 oceans.
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